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" A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so. "

Saint Teresa of Avila

" About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. "

" About four days a week, I do pretty good at having a morning prayer time. But even at that, it's a rambling sort of thing. What I have learned to do better is to try to keep my mind turned toward God and ear inclined toward God throughout the day, and I think I'm doing better at that, but I've got a long way to go. "

" A childish soul not inoculated with compulsory prayer is a soul open to any religious infection. "

Alexander Cockburn

" A couple months before I got the audition for 'Arrow,' my husband and I had just sold everything we owned, packed our dogs and belongings into a truck, and moved to Los Angles with a prayer and almost no money. When I ended up booking the role, we both cried from joy and gratitude for a week straight. "

Juliana Harkavy

" Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy. "

" After much thought and prayer, I have come to my own personal conclusion that we shouldn't tell people who they can love or who they can marry. "

" A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer! "

" All I did was pray to God, every day. In prison camp, the main prayer was, 'Get me home alive, God, and I'll seek you and serve you.' I came home, got wrapped up in the celebration, and forgot about the hundreds of promises I'd made to God. "

Louis Zamperini

" All my time not devoted to my master's service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth, in attempting to make paper, gunpowder, and many other experiments, that, although I could not perfect, yet convinced me of its practicability if I had the means. "

" All of my babies know that I preach all day... I ain't trying to hide no light under no bushel. Everybody needs a little light in their life, and when they need prayer, they know where to come because they know I love them all, and I ain't judging nobody. "

" Although all serious Christians recognize the importance that the Bible places on prayer, most fall short when it comes to doing it. "

" Although the ACLU would argue that it is unconstitutional for me, as a public official, to do this in a government building, let alone at a football game, I will end with my prayer for the next administration: Please God, no more Souters. "

William H. Pryor

" Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level. "

" An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated. "

Madalyn Murray O'Hair

" An authentic life is the most personal form of worship. Everyday life has become my prayer. "

Sarah Ban Breathnach

" Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they're thirsty. That's prayer. They don't live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along. "

" An investor doesn't have a prayer of picking a manager that can deliver true alpha. "

" Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. "

Corrie Ten Boom

" Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon. "

George MacDonald

" Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. "

" A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. "

Phillips Brooks

" A prayer that must have a cannon behind it better never be uttered. Forgiveness ought not to go in partnership with shot and shell. Love need not carry knives and revolvers. "

Robert Green Ingersoll

" Arabic is very twisting, very beautiful. The call to prayer is quite haunting; it almost makes you a believer on the spot. "

" Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer. "

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

" As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our most powerful tool is prayer. "

" A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most perfect prayer. "

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

" As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school. "

" A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds. "

Saint Teresa of Avila

" As priests uphold their people in prayer, so their people are to uphold them with prayer and love, for he cannot work without his people. "

Arthur Middleton

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